Effect of dietary onion (Allium cepa L.) powder as an antioxidant on semen quality, blood biochemicals, and reproductive parameters, as well as immunological variables of rabbit bucks under severe heat stress.
This study found that feeding rabbit bucks onion powder improved semen quality, red blood cell levels, hormone levels, and antioxidant levels, counteracting the negative effects of heat stress. This suggests that onion powder could benefit rabbit health and reproduction. (42 words)
- El-Gindy YM et al (2023).
- Trop Anim Health Prod.
- PubMed:
- 37882945